Reviewing the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Farm Households through Gender Lens | Chapter 09 | Current Perspective to Economics and Management Vol. 3
Climate change is one of the greatest
global challenges of our time. Impact of climate change can be felt in many
areas including agriculture. Agriculture is primary occupation of a human
being. Among all the human activities, agriculture being the mostly weather
dependent is physically and economically more vulnerable to climate change.
With climate change looming in the scene, agriculture and livelihoods of the
farm-households are also affected. Vulnerability to climate change is
determined by many factors of which gender and poverty are important ones. The
contribution and significance of women in agriculture and livelihood cannot be
undermined. What impact climate change has, how much vulnerable people are and
what adaptation and mitigation strategies they adopt varies with gender. The
present paper is based on reviews from different journals, papers and secondary
data. It reviews the relationship between climate change, agriculture and
gender roles & relations. Climate change is found to have negative impact
on Brazilian crop. Mortality rate of men during cyclone was found to be more in
developed countries while more women in developing countries. In Amhara, women
and women headed households were found to be more vulnerable to food insecurity
during flood. Women and children were the one who were more affected by
rainfall and drought. To cope up with drought most men farmer commit suicide or
migrate to cities on the other hand women had to take up odd job like
prostitution. During flood women of Bangladesh use sugar to reduce soil
salinity, raise cultivable land to save it from water inundation during floods
and spring surges as coping strategy. The various cases reviewed in this paper
indicates that gender mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and mitigation
interventions is the need of the time.
Author(s) Details
Kankabati Kalai
Department of Extension
Education, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya,
Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492 012, India.
Dr. Loukham Devarani
School of Social Sciences,
College of Post Graduate Studies, CAU, Umiam, Meghalaya, India.
Bai Koyu
School of Social Sciences,
College of Post Graduate Studies, CAU, Umiam, Meghalaya, India.
Dr. Nivetina Laitonjam
School of Social Sciences,
College of Post Graduate Studies, CAU, Umiam, Meghalaya, India.
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